Re: [PATCH] mremap.2: Update information about MREMAP_DONTUNMAP restrictions

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On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 4:50 AM Alejandro Colomar <alx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Alex,

Bon dia Alejandro, és un plaer parlar amb tu de nou!

> On Mon, Nov 04, 2024 at 09:16:41PM GMT, Alex Henrie wrote:

> > diff --git a/man/man2/mremap.2 b/man/man2/mremap.2
> > index 53e0bcf2d..b99ab9492 100644
> > --- a/man/man2/mremap.2
> > +++ b/man/man2/mremap.2
> > @@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ remaps a mapping to a new address but does not unmap the mapping at
> >  .IP
> >  The
> >  .B MREMAP_DONTUNMAP
> > -flag can be used only with private anonymous mappings
> > +flag can only be used with mappings that are not
>
> I find the position of "only" a bit inconsistent here.  It probably
> would be more appropriate right before "with".  (I'm wondering if I put
> "probably" in the right place too... :)

It probably is slightly more clear to say "can be used only with..."
instead of "can only be used with...". I'll make that change in v2.

> > +.BR VM_DONTEXPAND
>
> Please use .B, not .BR.  You'll find that BR causes a warning in that
> file, if you run `make build-all`:
>
>         $ make build-all -j24 -k
>         TROFF           .tmp/man/man2/mremap.2.cat.set
>         an.tmac:.tmp/man/man2/mremap.2:42: style: .BR expects at least 2 arguments, got 1
>         make: *** [/home/alx/src/linux/man-pages/man-pages/contrib/share/mk/build/catman/troff.mk:65: .tmp/man/man2/mremap.2.cat.set] Error 1
>         make: *** Deleting file '.tmp/man/man2/mremap.2.cat.set'
>         make: Target 'build-all' not remade because of errors.
>
> (You'll need to run a sufficiently recent system that includes
>  groff-1.23.0, such as Debian Sid.)

Will do, thanks for the tip.

-Alex





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